19 degrees in Bella Bella: Weather records tumble amid B.C.’s warm February

VANCOUVER — A sweltering high of 19.5 C in Bella Bella, B.C., on Wednesday marked the warmest February day in the community ever recorded as a ridge of high pressure brings in an unseasonably warm air mass over much of the province.

It is one of several B.C. communities that saw records fall on Wednesday, some that have been in place for decades.

But the weather system also brought heavy rain to the northern coast, with two-day totals of 144 mm of rain in Kitimat and 132 mm at the Prince Rupert airport.

The Tatlayoko Lake area, north of Whistler, also set a new record for the month of February with a high of 18.1, exceeding the old record of 17.8 set on Feb. 7, 1930.

Fifteen B.C. communities beat their daily temperature records on Wednesday, including Cache Creek hitting 11. 2 C, beating a record set in 1967, and in Powell River where 15.2 C surpassed a record set in 1941.

A relatively warm winter in several parts of B.C. has resulted in no snow at Vancouver International Airport so far this winter, ski runs being closed and flowers blooming out of season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 5, 2026

The Canadian Press